With interest rates expected to remain low for years, conditions are ripe for investors to take a much closer look at equities. Fund Selector Asia compares two global equity funds.
Category: Research
Younger Chinese investors are comfortable with risk
Chinese investors in the 18-39 age group prefer high yield products and are more aggressive and confident in their investment choices than older mainland investors, according to a survey report by Legg Mason.
Looking way ahead
Is a ten-year investment forecast really possible? Baring Asset Management has provided one, and the firm claims its previous decade-long predictions were fairly close to actual results.
HEAD-TO-HEAD: Fidelity vs Schroders
This week Fund Selector Asia takes a look at two funds that seek to invest in emerging Asian markets.
HEAD-TO-HEAD: Allianz vs JP Morgan China A-share products
As the mainland markets open wider to foreign investment, Fund Selector Asia looks at the performance of two funds that invest in China’s onshore market.
AUM of mainland firms in Hong Kong leaps 81%
In 2014, mainland asset management firms accounted for HK$988bn ($127bn) or 5.6% of Hong Kong’s fund management business, the SFC said.
HEAD-TO-HEAD: BOC-Prudential vs ChinaAMC
Asian investors have lagged behind developed market investors in using exchange traded funds, but this could change over the medium-term. Fund Selector Asia compares two ETFs tracking the CSI 300 Index.
HEAD-TO-HEAD: Fidelity Strategic Bond vs M&G Optimal Income
This week’s Head-to-Head sees the Fidelity Strategic Bond Fund take on the M&G Optimal Income Fund.
HEAD-TO-HEAD: HSBC Vs PineBridge small-cap funds
Given the rise in market volatility, Fund Selector Asia compares two top-performing small-cap products: the HSBC Asia ex-Japan Equity Smaller Companies Fund and the PineBridge Asia ex-Japan Small Cap Equity Fund.
HEAD-TO-HEAD: Aberdeen vs First State
Fund Selector Asia compares two well-known products that invest in the region: the Aberdeen Global Asia-Pacific Equity Fund and the First State Asia-Pacific Select Fund.
